Acadia, Maine, and New Scotland: Marginal Colonies in the Seventeenth Century Contributor(s): Reid, John G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1487572557 ISBN-13: 9781487572556 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1981 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | Modern - 17th Century - History | North American |
Dewey: 971.016 |
Series: Heritage |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.06 lbs) 312 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Acadia, Maine, and New Scotland were similarly conceived as major colonizing attempts by France, England, and Scotland, respectively. In this comparative study, Professor Reid explores the colonizing styles of the parent countries and describes the interaction of the Europeans with the native peoples and with the physical environment of the northeastern seaboard. The author discusses the demise of New Scotland by 1650 and the fragile conditions of Acadia and Maine, which resulted from the pressures of potent external forces. As the century went on, Acadia and Maine were open to the conflicting influences of the European governments, the powerful neighbouring colony of Massachusetts, adn the native peoples of the region. A complex and destructive series of wars was the culmination. Although nothing major differences, Reid emphasizes the similarities among the colonies, each of which failed to fulfil the expectations of its parent country: he reflects on this failure as an important exception to the seemingly ineluctable progress of European colonization in America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Reid, John G.: - John G. Reid is a professor in the Department of History and a senior fellow at the Gorsebrook Research Institute at Saint Mary's University. |